Train have recently premiered the music video for their next single, the humorous song "50 Ways To Say Goodbye," the second single off San Francisco-based pop-rockers' sixth studio album, "California 37." The catchy song is pretty clever track about a dude who gets dumped by his girl, and decides that if anyone asks, he'll just lie and say something terrible happened to her and that's why she's not around anymore.Train's frontman Pat Monahan penned this song with Espionage, the Norwegian production duo that helped pen "Hey Soul Sister." Espionage is made up of Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund and amongst their other credits are Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable" and Chris Brown's "With You." The song follows a similar theme to Paul Simon's "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover," though in this instance it's the narrator's pride that has been hurt as he looks for excuses to tell his friends why she's disappeared from his life.
The pop rock band explained on their official website: "We wanted to make a fun web video for our new single '50 Ways To Say Goodbye.' Things got a little lost in translation, but eventually we managed to get a mariachi band to show up at a random cafe and perform a cover of '50 Ways To Say Goodbye.' Watch the hilarity that ensued below or on YouTube." Though the song's title claims there are 50 ways to say goodbye, I can only find 11 lies about his farewell the protagonist tells, all involving his former beau's demise.
The Marc Klasfeld-directed clip features the former Baywatch star consoling Monahan after his heart is broken by actress Taryn Manning. The video begins Monahan doing his usual shopping rounds at the supermarket and Hasselhoff appears as a grocery shopper while he explains to his hi-bye acquaintances why his girlfriend isn't with him anymore and that's the fun part of the song. The clip also features a mariachi band and scenes of young, attractive women meeting untimely deaths. It's a fun video for a fun song, so definitely check the mildly amusing new video now out.
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